The effectiveness of multimedia learning program for medical education learners in faculty of medicine- Taif university

Online multimedia are increasingly used in medical education. One of the major problems facing medical students in Taif University is to imagine complex medical concepts. This project aims at developing a multimedia learning program for the students of the medical college-Taif University. The multimedia program provided the access to a variety of medical  multimedia materials to aid the students in learning and understanding complex medical mechanisms. So the project covered eight medical subjects (clinical, histology, pathology, physiology, microbiology, biochemistry, anatomy, and pharmacology). A random sample of medical students from (faculty of medicine-Taif University) has been selected. The participants consist of 52 female students. They use the medical site for two medical modules, through the first and the second semester 1433-1434. After they have finished the modules they answered the three research tools (achievement electronic quiz- attitude towards e-learning in e-format, and the satisfaction of medical multimedia web site in e- format).  The results showed a great response regarding the female student in the satisfaction questionnaire towards the medical-multimedia online learning. They presented about 90 % according to strongly agree. Moreover they presented a high score to the attitude towards medical multimedia learning questionnaire. Furthermore when they applied the achievement quiz .They gained score between (80%-100%). So according to this result we recommended to apply the medical multimedia to all over the medical subjects in the most of medical college in Saudi Arabia. Key words: Online learning, Medical multimedia, Learner satisfaction, Learner attitude, Medical education.

Design considerations for delivering e-learning to surgical trainees

Copyright © 2011, IGI Global. Distributed with permission.Challenges remain in leveraging e-health technologies for continuous medical education/professional development. This study examines the interface design and learning process features related to the use of multimedia in providing effective support for the knowledge and practice of surgical skills. Twenty-one surgical trainees evaluated surgical content on a CD-ROM format based on 14 interface design and 11 learning process features using a questionnaire adapted from an established tool created to assess educational multimedia. Significant Spearman’s correlations were found for seven of the 14 interface design features – ‘Navigation’, ‘Learning demands’, ‘Videos’, ‘Media integration’, ‘Level of material’, ‘Information presentation’ and ‘Overall functionality’, explaining ratings of the learning process. The interplay of interface design and learning process features of educational multimedia highlight key design considerations in e-learning. An understanding of these features is relevant to the delivery of surgical training, reflecting the current state of the art in transferring static CD-ROM content to the dynamic web or creating CD/web hybrid models of education

A Survey of Multimedia Technologies and Robust Algorithms

Multimedia technologies are now more practical and deployable in real life, and the algorithms are widely used in various researching areas such as deep learning, signal processing, haptics, computer vision, robotics, and medical multimedia processing. This survey provides an overview of multimedia technologies and robust algorithms in multimedia data processing, medical multimedia processing, human facial expression tracking and pose recognition, and multimedia in education and training. This survey will also analyze and propose a future research direction based on the overview of current robust algorithms and multimedia technologies. We want to thank the research and previous work done by the Multimedia Research Centre (MRC), the University of Alberta, which is the inspiration and starting point for future research.Comment: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2010.1296

Talking Glossary of Genomics Terminology: A Genomics Education Module for American Indian Communities

This paper describes the development of an audio visual genomics glossary that was designed as an education tool for American Indian communities. This “Talking Glossary of Genomics Terminology” is a multimedia DVD that was modeled on the “Talking Glossary of Genetics,” which was developed by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). The NHGRI Glossary was modified and expanded with content designed to increase awareness among American Indians about cancer, genomics, and personalized medicine. Partners on the project include the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc., Phoenix Indian Medical Center, Arizona Cancer Center at the University of Arizona, the Translational Genomics Research Institute, as well as Arizona State University and University of Arizona graduate students

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on students learning Anatomy-View Point

The effect of Covid-19 pandemic on medical education is long lasting. Stakeholders played significant role in implementing the new ways in medical education. In universities mode of learning have been shifted from traditional face to face learning to online methods. The pre-clinical education is the backbone of medical carrier and knowledge of anatomy is essential for understanding the clinical subjects. Online teaching with innovative teaching strategies has now become an alternative source for students learning human anatomy. These changes will impact the future of anatomy education. After the pandemic over teaching and learning anatomy will be accomplished by use of both modern multimedia resources and conventional approach. During pandemic the mentorship may play key role in alleviating the academic stress and psychological issues in students

Design and Development of Virtual Patients for Healthcare Education: State of the Art and Research

The digital transformation of healthcare and the COVID-19 pandemic have accelerated research and deployment of virtual patients (VP), that is, interactive computer simulations used in healthcare education to train students on clinical processes. To help researchers and practitioners understand the state of the art in VP development, we conducted a systematic literature review of 48 papers. Our analysis focused on educational level, medical specialty, competencies, technologies, technical format, and operating systems and tools. We found that VPs are primarily used in the medical field and student education as interactive patient scenarios based on multimedia system technology. VP authoring systems were identified as the primary tool for developing primary clinical reasoning skills. Based on our findings, we suggest implications for medical education research and practice

Medical English teaching and learning techniques in institutions of higher education with application of multimedia technologies: The problems and their solutions

It has been investigated the problems of application of multimedia technologies in teaching and learning medicineoriented English in institutions of higher education and ways of their solution. The investigation points out, first of all, the existing problems in teaching English for the medical students, including shortcomings of application of multimedia in the process of teaching and learning of this discipline, want for the required knowledge of using multimedia equipment among the teachers, nonuse of multimedia potential in full measure in the process of learning, insufficiency of information awareness and abilities of the students to independently use multimedia technologies. Then, the article suggests some ideas how to solve these problems, such as improvement of education and development of professional training of the teachers not only in the area of application of multimedia technologies, but in extending knowledge of English in medical field, effective use of multimedia potential, teaching of offline and practical technique of discipline learning via multimedia

Perception of Medical students regarding lectures

Objective: To assess the interest of medical students in lectures.Methodology: This prospective study was conducted in four different medical colleges of Pakistan from 1st January till 30th March 2015. Total of 600 students were included in this study. Data collection procedure used was questionnaire which contained both open and close ended questions. Written consent was taken from all the participants & permission was taken from the ethical review board of college. SPSS 15 was used to analyze the data.Results: Almost 59% of students in our study consider the lecture as uninteresting tool in medical studies and only 46% consider lecture as essential part of their education during the college timings. Good part of our study is majority of the students managed to reach lecture in time. 77.25% students consider use multimedia helpful during lectures.Conclusion: According to our study, students consider lecture as not very important and uninteresting part of medical education

Perception of Medical students regarding lectures

Objective: To assess the interest of medical students in lectures.Methodology: This prospective study was conducted in four different medical colleges of Pakistan from 1st January till 30th March 2015. Total of 600 students were included in this study. Data collection procedure used was questionnaire which contained both open and close ended questions. Written consent was taken from all the participants & permission was taken from the ethical review board of college. SPSS 15 was used to analyze the data.Results: Almost 59% of students in our study consider the lecture as uninteresting tool in medical studies and only 46% consider lecture as essential part of their education during the college timings. Good part of our study is majority of the students managed to reach lecture in time. 77.25% students consider use multimedia helpful during lectures.Conclusion: According to our study, students consider lecture as not very important and uninteresting part of medical education